Tirante el Blanco (2006)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Vicente Aranda

Writers:

Vicente Aranda (screenplay)
Joanot Martorell (novel)

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Frontal Nudity | Chivalry | Epic | Medieval | Lesbian Scene

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Casper Zafer	...	Tirante
Esther Nubiola	...	Carmesina
Leonor Watling	...	Placer De Mi Vida
Ingrid Rubio	...	Estefanía
Jane Asher	...	Emperatriz
Charlie Cox	...	Diafebus
Sid Mitchell	...	Hipólito
Rafael Amargo	...	Gran Turco
Jay Benedict	...	Embajador Turco
Victoria Abril	...	Viuda Reposada
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Emperador
Rebecca Cobos	...	Eliseo
Valentina Burgueño	...	Dama Carmesina
Julio Vélez	...	Sinópolis, Capitán 1
Ismael Martínez	...	Piramus, Capitán 2

Runtime:

Spain:122 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

DeA Planeta Home Entertainment

Trivia:

Tirant Lo Blanc, by Joanot Martorell, is the most famous chivalric romance in the Catalan language. It was written in the 15th century. Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, author of the great Spanish classic "Don Quixote", thought very highly of "Tirant", in contrast to his unfavorable opinion of many other books of chivalry.

It could have been better

Well, the story is based on the book "Tirant lo Blanc", written by Joanot Martorell in XIV century. Tirant is the best knight of Aragon Kingdom and must go to Constantinople to help the Emperor to fight against the Turkeys. There, he will fall in love with little princess Carmesina and will fight in the war. Unfortunately, things will not happen as our lovers like, as politics are between them. The movie is well done, the task of clothes and photography is very good, as the choice of actors and their acting. Unfortunately, as the movie focuses only in the bed aspects of court's live, the vision of the story is very partial (the story is not bad, but I think the director could have taken more profit of it), and, in addition, the war scenes are horrible. This is possibly due to lack of money, but, used to see Hollywood wars, the effect is terrible and disgusting. The material (the main book) is good, as the director, but the result could have been much better. I expected more of the director Vicente Aranda.